The Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) has added Spain to a list of countries subject to feed import controls due to an outbreak of African swine fever in that country.
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CFIA adds controls for imports of Spanish feed ingredients after African swine fever outbreak
Spain probes whether swine fever outbreak was caused by lab leak
A research centre outside Barcelona will be investigated after Spain’s Agriculture Ministry said a recent swine fever outbreak could have been caused by a laboratory leak.
EU vets in Barcelona for swine fever outbreak as cases rise to nine
A task force of EU vets specializing in epidemics began work in Barcelona on Tuesday to help contain an African swine fever outbreak as Spain said the number of wild boars found infected with the virus rose to nine.
Spain deploys military to contain African swine fever near Barcelona
Spain has called in its military to help contain an outbreak of African swine fever near Barcelona, a move aimed at protecting the country’s multi-billion-euro pork export industry.
Spain reports first swine fever case in three decades, jeopardizing exports to China
African swine fever has returned to Spain for the first time in three decades after two wild boar found dead near Barcelona tested positive for the virus.
South Korea raises African Swine Fever alert after outbreak at pig farm
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South Korea said on Tuesday there had been an outbreak of African Swine Fever (ASF) at a pig farm in the country’s largest pig-breeding region, prompting authorities to raise the national alert level to “serious”.
African swine fever risk tightens feed ingredient trade rules with Taiwan
Plant-based ingredients bound for Canadian livestock feed will have stricter trade rules if the shipments come from Taiwan, following Canadian Food Inspection Agency changes
Mixed results on new African swine fever vaccine
The new African swine fever vaccine still has issues, but also gave researchers insight into how virus strain impacts protection against the deadly pig disease
The new African swine fever vaccine still has issues, but also gave researchers insight into how virus strain impacts protection against the deadly pig disease.
Ontario ag-gag appeal concludes, court ruling pending
Animal advocates argue law violates free expression; province defends focus on trespass, not speech
Animal rights advocates challenge the constitutionality of Ontario’s Security from Trespass Act, arguing it stifles undercover exposés and infringes on Charter freedoms; government defends the law as targeting trespass, not speech.
The made-in-Manitoba fight against wild pigs
Manitoba’s feral swine problem is not the same as the wild pig problem in the U.S., Squeal on Pigs co-ordinator says
Manitoba’s feral swine problem is not the same as the wild pig problem in the U.S., Squeal on Pigs co-ordinator says.
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